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Old 03-03-2009
create a new directory from cgi script
hello.
i hav accepted name of directory from user through a form.now i need to create a directory under cgi-bin of that name.I am not able to do so.n help is required
# 2  
Old 03-03-2009
show us the relevant code with which you are trying to create the directory

what error do you see?
# 3  
Old 03-03-2009
i hav taken directory name from form and passed it to subroutine.I checked if directory name accepeted is correct or not by printin it.its correct.$_[0]->is my directory name
i hav used two lines below:

my $dir="/var/www/cgi-bin/"."$_[0]";
my $r=system('mkdir -p -m 755 $dir');

Directory is not being created. It shows no errors!
# 4  
Old 03-03-2009
try replacing this:
Code:
my $r=system('mkdir -p -m 755 $dir');

with this:
Code:
my $r=system("mkdir -p -m 755 $dir");

also, it would be good to (a) check the return status from the system call and (b) mention full path to mkdir
# 5  
Old 03-03-2009
1.i changed single quotes to double quotes.It din work.
2.I checked return status.It is 256.
3.Full path i hav specified.It din work.

One more thing:
When i ran a sample perl cgi script from terminal it created a directory .But wen run from form it did not.
Last edited by raksha.s; 03-03-2009 at 11:29 AM..
# 6  
Old 03-04-2009
apache is running with previledges of what user? (for example, user named nobody) check:
Code:
ps -ef | grep httpd

does user running apache have write permission for the directory in which you are trying to create a subdirectory?
# 7  
Old 03-04-2009
You may need to enable suexec to allow the script to create the directory. Suexec makes perl run as the user.
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